| Triptychus | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Triptychus niveus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subcohort: | Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Triptychus Mörch, 18751 |
| Type species | |
| Triptychus nivea Mörch, 1875 | |
| Synonyms2 | |
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Pyramidella (Triptychus) Mörch, 1875 | |
Triptychus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.2
Description
The subulate shell is spirally paucilirate. The aperture is lirate within, subsinuated in front. The columella is triplicate.3
Species
Species within the genus Triptychus include:2
- Triptychus incantatus (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939)
- Triptychus litosbathron Pimenta, Santos & Absalao, 2008
- Triptychus niveus (Mørch, 1875)
- Triptychus pacificus Corgan, 1973
- Synonyms
- Triptychus olssoni (Bartsch, 1926): synonym of Triptychus incantatus (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939)
- † Triptychus pliocena Bartsch, 1955: synonym of Peristichia pliocena (Bartsch, 1955) (original combination)
References
References
- Morch, Mal. Blatt., xxii, p. 158, 1875
- WoRMS (2010). Triptychus Mörch, 1875. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416104 on 2011-10-26
- G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 295